Alphabet File page 189

  Capt. B. F. Jones is on a visit to Winona, Miss. (SCE 12/03/1892)

 

  Jones, Captain B.F., we exceedingly regret to learn, while attempting to enter a street car in New Orleans last Monday, met with a serious accident by slipping and falling, occasioning the breaking of one rib and painful injuries.  We are glad to learn that he is on the fair way to recovery.  (SCE 02/18/1893)

 

  Jones, Col. B. F., son of Capt. (Sawmill) B. F. Jones, brightened THE ECHO with a visit on Monday morning.  Mr. Jones is a chip off the old block, and at anytime and anywhere we shall always be glad to see him. (SCE 04/15/1893)

 

  The entire community and the State at large will be grieved to learn of the serious illness of Capt. B. F. Jones.  The Captain's condition is very critical, but it is to be hoped that he will soon recover.  (SCE 04/15/1893)

 

  Jones, Capt. B. F., the veteran Mississippi journalist and saw mill owner, died on Friday, 3:15 o'clock, April 14th, at his winter residence in New Orleans, of Inflamation of the peritoneum, indirectly caused by injuries received by a fall some two months ago.  It will  be remembered, as noted in THE ECHO columns at the time, Captain Jones, in running to catch a street car, made a misstep and fell. The gutter was filled with water, causing him to mistake the crossing. He was confined to his room three weeks from injuries sustained by this fall.  He was improving nicely, but complications set in, and he gradually grew worse until the end came.  Captain Jones was a Mississippian by adoption, and was one of the most popular men that ever lived in this State.  As a newspaper man and a saw mill owner, he became known throughout the State and was everywhere admired for his rugged honesty, indomitable energy and genial good nature.  He was universally known throughout Mississippi and counted among his friends some of the most prominent and influential citizens within its borders.  His face was familiar at the Capitol, where he lived in the reconstruction days for a number of years, as State Printer and a part proprietor of the CLARION, and later as Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, which position he held for about eight years.  Capt. Jones was born in Paris, Tenn., April 2, 1826.  He was reared on a plantation, and was left an orphan at an early age.  At seven years of age he was making his own living.  He left Tennessee while still young; came to Mississippi, locating at Carrollton, where he engaged himself as a printer's apprentice, and after a number of years in the business he established a paper for himself at Carrollton.  It attracted attention throughout the State, reflecting the individuality of the man and wielding a great influence in that section of the State. Capt. Jones remained there until the war began, when he, with a number of his friends, responded and were mustered into one of the Mississippi regiments.  He fought through the war, and at its close he went to Jackson, where, in copartnership with Col. J. L. Power, published the CLARION. After two or three years in this business, Capt. Jones bought a saw mill, and for a number of years engaged in the lumber trade near Carrollton.  Subsequently he engaged in the same business near Duck Hill.  It was during this time that Capt. Jones acquired the soubriquet of "Sawmill". He was a regular attendant upon the meetings of the Mississippi Press Association, and at one of the meetings, when asked to give the name of the paper he represented, he said he was editing a sawmill.  The secretary of the Assoc., thinking that "sawmill" was the name of a paper Capt. Jones was editing, placed the same opposite his name, and he answered whenever Sawmill was called out.  The soubriquet remained, and hundreds of people knew him by no other name than "Sawmill Jones". After trying the sawmill business a number of years, he returned to journalism, and owned several papers at different times.  Capt. Jones was president of the Press Assoc. several times.  Capt. Jones was married twice, His first wife was Miss Martha Wiggins, of Grenada, Miss., by whom he had thirteen children, only two of whom are living - B. F. Jones and Mrs. M. O. Brown, both of Winona, Miss.  Capt. Jones' first wife died some years ago, and he was married in 1886 to Widow Adaide Regnard Jannet, a lady well known in high circles and much esteemed.  At the time of his death the Captain represented a life insurance company and was the Mississippi representative of the N.O. TIMES-DEMOCRAT. The remains were conveyed to Winona Saturday for interment Sunday morning.  Bay St. Louis was the home of Captain Jones, but he wintered in New Orleans.  He was universally popular at the Bay, highly esteemed and regarded, and his pleasant countenance, affableness and geniality will sadly be missed.  To his wife, son and daughter THE ECHO offers sincere sympathies and says a    "rest   in peace" for him.  (SCE 04/22/1893)

 

  Jones, Mrs. B. F., came over Wednesday and has taken possession of her summer cottage for the season. (SCE, 6-17-1893)

 

  Brown, Mr. and Mrs. T., of Winona, Miss., arrived here yesterday to spend awhile with Mrs. Brown's stepmother, Mrs. B. F. Jones.  (SCE 7/8/1893)

 

  Jones, Mrs. B. F., returned Wednesday noon from a few  days' business stay in New Orleans. (SCE 7/22/1893)

 

  Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Tom, and sons, who are spending the summer with Mrs. B. F. Jones, went over to New Orleans Wednesday evening to remain till tomorrow morning.  (SCE 8/12/1893)

 

  Jones, B. F., traveling agent for the celebrated   Chamberlain Medicine Company, paid a visit to us on Monday.  He is the son of Capt. B. F. Jones, who was possibly more widely known in the State of Mississippi than any other man, and who did as much if not more to manufacture large men out of small material as any man who ever published a paper in the State, and in the meantime who received as little thanks as any man who ever lived.  We wish Mr. Jones success in his chosen occupation.  (THE INDEPENDENT, Tunica, Miss.)  (SCE 8/12/1893)

 

  Jones, Mr. B. F., the clever representative of the Chamberlain Medicine Co., DesMoines, Iowa, is spending a few days in our lovely midst.  (SCE 8/19/1893)

 

   Jones, Mr. B. F., a general favorite wherever he goes, after pleasantly spending awhile at the Bay, left for New Orleans Sunday evening. (SCE 9/30/1893)

 

  Brown, Mr. and Mrs. T. and sons, Tommy and Peno, after spending the summer here with Mrs. B. F. Jones, left Wednesday evening for their home in Winona, Miss.  (SCE 9/30/1893)

 

  Jones, Mrs. B. F., after a pleasant summer at the Bay, returned to her winter home in New Orleans on Monday evening.  Mrs. Jones' property here is for sale.  (SCE 10/21/1893)

 

  Zeidler, Miss Nettie, daughter of Mr. E. B. Zeidler of No. 420 Burgundy street in New Orleans, was married last evening to Mr. B. F. Jones.  A large number of relatives and friends assembled at the residence of Mr. Zeidler to witness the wedding.  The young couple were the recipients of many costly and beautiful floral offerings.  The groom is a young businessman of New Orleans and the son of the late B. F. Jones, one of the best known men in Mississippi, and for a number of years and up to the time of his death, twelve months since, was on the  correspondence staff of the TIMES-DEMOCRAT.  (TIMES- DEMOCRAT) (SCE 1-6-1894)

 

Jones, Carol T.

 

  WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT ST. ANN'S FAIR -Carol T. Jones was awarded a Bicentennial trip for two to Philadelphia and Washington, D. C. recently at the climax of the St. Ann Church Fair festivities.

 

   Winners of the parade of prizes were Joyce Roche, cement lawn bench; Mary Boos, hanging planter; Aida Koch,  circular saw; Clara Burst, electric drill; Loise Berger, AM-FM radio; and Judy Yarborough, Picnic pak.

 

  Other prize winners included R. Holmes, Bicentennial doll; Ginger Horne, afghan and tote bag; Forrest Ladner, skill saw; Hazel D'Antoni, ivy planter; Richard Tocibio, box of groceries; A. I. Meyer, Mr. Coffee maker and Sam Ladner, turkey shoot.